Topics tagged civil-engineering

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Construction of a Sewage Pumping Station, Part 3: Pipe Connections to the Sewer System Tracking with Closeups civil-engineering , construction-site , pumping , sewage , wastewater	2	53	27 September 2023
Construction of a Sewage Pumping Station, Part 2: Installing the Wet Well Tracking with Closeups civil-engineering , construction-site , pumping , sewage , wastewater	1	66	13 September 2023
Heavy Rain after a Long Drought—Prescription for a Flood? Context civil-engineering , hydrology , hortons-equation , rainfall-infiltration	0	67	6 September 2023
A Rolling Bridge—And It's Square! Context civil-engineering , bridge , geometry , catenary , london	0	67	1 September 2023
Construction of a Sewage Pumping Station, Part 1: Excavation Tracking with Closeups civil-engineering , construction-site , sewage , wastewater , pumping	0	57	31 August 2023
Construction Site Machinery Tracking with Closeups civil-engineering , construction-site , heavy-equipment , earthmoving	1	92	18 August 2023
Grounding of Electrical Grid Power Transmission Facilities Tracking with Closeups civil-engineering , electrical-power-grid , three-phase-power , grounding , single-wire-earth-return	0	77	3 August 2023
How Fire Causes Bridges to Collapse Tracking with Closeups civil-engineering , infrastructure , fire , bridge	1	162	20 July 2023
Rocket Launch Pad Engineering Context civil-engineering , spacex , launch-pad , refractory-concrete , water-deluge	7	154	23 June 2023
Flood Tunnels—When Rivers Go Underground Context civil-engineering , floods , storm-sewer	1	111	9 June 2023
Simulating Structures' Response to Earthquakes with a Shake Table Context civil-engineering , seismology , earthquake-engineering , shake-table	0	70	23 May 2023
The Boring Company Las Vegas Loop to Expand to 65 Miles and 69 Stations The Happening World elon-musk , civil-engineering , boring-company , tunnel , las-vegas	0	164	4 May 2023
Monitoring Infrastructure with Sensors Tracking with Closeups sensors , civil-engineering , strain-gauges , vibrating-wire-sensor	0	103	3 May 2023
Exploring Concrete from the Inside Out Tracking with Closeups civil-engineering , concrete , cement	0	96	15 April 2023
Civil Engineers vs. Old Man River Tracking with Closeups sedimentation , civil-engineering , fluvial-geomorphology , erosion	0	166	5 April 2023
Why Construction Projects Always Go Over Budget Context infrastructure , civil-engineering , construction	1	197	22 March 2023
Why Rivers Change Their Courses Context fluid-mechanics , civil-engineering , fluvial-geomorphology , river , hydrology	0	114	8 March 2023
Asbestos-Cement “Transite” Pipe for Water Mains Continuity civil-engineering , transite , asbestos-cement , water-main	0	117	17 February 2023
Driving on Styrofoam—Lightweight Backfill for Highway Embankments Tracking with Closeups civil-engineering , embankment , soil-settling , lightweight-backfill	0	132	8 February 2023
Silting of Dammed Reservoirs, Prevention and Removal Context civil-engineering , silting , reservoir	0	127	27 January 2023
Dam Spillway Design Context civil-engineering , dam , spillway	0	150	4 January 2023
Rebuilding a Hurricane-Damaged Causeway in 15 Days Continuity florida , civil-engineering , hurricane , emergency-repair	5	220	25 December 2022
“Black Start” of the Electrical Power Grid after a Widespread Outage Continuity civil-engineering , electrical-power-grid , black-start , cold-start	7	251	12 December 2022
Electrical Grid Failure and Societal Collapse Continuity civil-engineering , electrical-power-grid , systemic-failure , scada , water-and-sewage-infrastructure	18	293	27 November 2022
The River with an “On-Off” Switch Context fluid-mechanics , civil-engineering , artificial-river , hydrodynamics , university-of-sherbrooke-canada	0	181	16 November 2022
The Thames Tunnel—Beneath the River with Brunel Father and Son Continuity london , civil-engineering , thames-tunnel , marc-brunel , isambard-kingdom-brunel	0	214	6 November 2022
Battling Rust: High-Performance Coatings (Don’t Call ’Em Paint) Tracking with Closeups civil-engineering , corrosion , coatings , paint	0	152	5 October 2022
Bungling Bridge Building in Texas Context texas , civil-engineering , corpus-christi-harbor-bridge , suspension-bridge	3	309	25 September 2022
Cathodic Protection to Prevent Corrosion Tracking with Closeups chemistry , civil-engineering , corrosion , cathodic-protection , sacrificial-anode	0	192	8 September 2022
Behind the 2022 Floods in Yellowstone National Park Tracking with Closeups united-states , civil-engineering , yellowstone-national-park , floods	3	252	6 September 2022